Accordion Noir: Playlist: February 29, 2008

Festival du Bois Special! With spectacular Francophone-in-person guests Aki and Emil!

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(These all came from the Festival du Bois promo-disc (collectors' item!) They almost totally made our show for us, except we had to provide the grade-six/seven translation and elocution crew, who made my week. Thanks guys, "Hi" if you share this with to your fab professeurs!)

Artist -- Song:
Rob Curto – Piano de Fole
La Volée d'Castors – Par monts et par vaux / le reel de Salomé
Club Carrefour – Meddley de Béatrice
Johnny Cajun – Hé hé oooh weee
La Volée d'Castors – La Jolie Rochelle
Alexandre Caron – La Galope à Simard
Les Cireux d'Semelles – La belle et l'épée
Tzimmes – Klezmyriad
Les Cireux d'Semelles – Le cireux et l'avare
Club Carrefour – Slip Jig de Kimmel
Rob Curto – Estrado do Sol
Mahers Bahers – Coming from the Races
Tzimmes – Dror Yikra

The Artists – Origin – Label/Contact info:
Rob Curto – Brooklyn, NY, USA – http://www.forroforall.com/live/
La Volée d'Castors – Joliette (Québec) CANADA – http://www.vdc.qc.ca/
Club Carrefour – Québec, CANADA – (See fiddler Pierre Schryer's page at: http://www.pierreschryer.com/projects.cfm ) or watch Quebecois accordion master make a diatonic accordion! http://www.letspolka.com/2007/10/how-its-made-diatonic-accordions/ He started the Carrefour mundial de l'Accordéon festival in Quebec too. I'd love to go to that: http://accordeon.montmagny.com/Carrefour/index_f.aspx?ArticleID=135&ev=1
Johnny Cajun – Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada – http://www.johnnycajun.com/
Alexandre Caron – Montmagny, Quebec, Canada – (...if I can find any contact info for him! Start with the festival website below.)
Les Cireux d'Semelles – Saskatchewan, Canada – http://www.lescireux.com/
Mahers Bahers – St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada – http://www.mahersbahers.com/
Tzimmes – Vancouver, BC, Canada (not Montreal, as I said on-air) – http://www.tzimmes.net/

Festival "Artists" site: http://www.festivaldubois.ca/2008/english/artists.php

ps. This episodes "cover" is... the accordion (and some other less-important instruments) from the cover of the Fest. du Bois program.

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